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less than ten minutes from now senator john kerry begins testifying before the senate foreign relations committee today. this is the first day of confirmation hearings to determine if he'll replace secretary of state hillary clinton. >>> just before 11:00 this morning, outgoing defense secretary leon panetta all set to announce the pentagon reversing its stance on women serving on the front lines. official ban on female troops serving in the front lines has been in place since 1984. >>> a water main break has crews concerned a street could collapse. public works crews have to tear up a section near sir francis drake boulevard and replace it with more stable soil after thousands of gallons of water just spilled on the street overnight. >>> let's take you outside live right now. hp pavilion is the home of your san jose sharks. they are taking on the phoenix coyotes tonight.
less than ten minutes from now senator john kerry begins testifying before the senate foreign relations committee today. this is the first day of confirmation hearings to determine if he'll replace secretary of state hillary clinton. >>> just before 11:00 this morning, outgoing defense secretary leon panetta all set to announce the pentagon reversing its stance on women serving on the front lines. official ban on female troops serving in the front lines has been in place since 1984....
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ironically john kerry is expected to be confirmed as the next secretary of state tomorrow. again, the benghazi hearing just getting under way on capitol hill. we are keeping an eye on this to bring you the latest. the next report coming up in 30 minutes. john? >> meantime in the bay area, it took hours of cussing, screaming and debates but this morning oakland finally making a decision on a very controversial proposal to reduce violent crime. the issue surrounding hiring one of the best known police experts in america. his name -- bill bratton. kristy smith joining us live at oakland city hall. she has more on the nine-hour debate and the ultimate decision made by the counselor. good morning. >> good morning to you. a heated, passionate debate went on for hours. 260 speakers. in the end the council hired bill bratton. he will be a consultant. one of the first things he'll do and the objective is to come up with a policing plan to bring down crime in oakland. it may start with forums like the one we saw overnight. >> seven ayes, one no. >> thank you. >> shame! shame on you!
ironically john kerry is expected to be confirmed as the next secretary of state tomorrow. again, the benghazi hearing just getting under way on capitol hill. we are keeping an eye on this to bring you the latest. the next report coming up in 30 minutes. john? >> meantime in the bay area, it took hours of cussing, screaming and debates but this morning oakland finally making a decision on a very controversial proposal to reduce violent crime. the issue surrounding hiring one of the best...
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i think in the case of kerry it will be very quickly. if i had to bet, probably much of the debate over hagel will take place in the press before the vote. they'll probably do that pretty quickly. you don't want to have doubt about the secretary of defense for too awful long. >> let's talk a little bit about the cost of the inauguration. in 2008, it cost $170 million. this one the price tag not known at this point. regardless, getting a little bit of heat especially in this sort of climate that we're in today in terms of the economy. do you think that president obama should have scaled this back? >> he did scale it back quite a bit. i believe there were nine or ten inaugural balls in 2009 and this time there are only two. he has made an effort to scale it back. obviously some critics would say why are we having any of these expensive events that are celebrating when we really ought to be getting to work. but the flip side of this is there are many businesses that depend on a budget for this and this is a big event for them and they have
i think in the case of kerry it will be very quickly. if i had to bet, probably much of the debate over hagel will take place in the press before the vote. they'll probably do that pretty quickly. you don't want to have doubt about the secretary of defense for too awful long. >> let's talk a little bit about the cost of the inauguration. in 2008, it cost $170 million. this one the price tag not known at this point. regardless, getting a little bit of heat especially in this sort of...